Pierre Gillet (born 6 August 1960) is a French classical

trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz musical ensemble, ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest Register (music), register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitche ...

er.

Life

Born in Terville, Gillet followed the teaching of

Pierre Thibaud Pierre Thibaud (22 June 1929 – 29 October 2004) was a French classical trumpeter. Life Born in Proissans, Dordogne, Thibaud studied violon and trumpet at the Conservatoire de Bordeaux, then at the Conservatoire de Paris in Eugène Foveau's c ...

in the trumpet class at the

Conservatoire de Paris The Conservatoire de Paris (), or the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795. Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (; CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue Jean Ja ...

where he obtained a first prize. He is in his turn an assistant trumpet teacher at the same school and a professor at the

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conservatory. He has been solo trumpeter of the

Concerts Colonne The Colonne Orchestra is a French symphony orchestra, founded in 1873 by the violinist and conductor Édouard Colonne. History While leader of the Opéra de Paris orchestra, Édouard Colonne was engaged by the publisher Georges Hartmann to lead ...

and he is also soloist of the orchestra of the

Opéra Bastille The Opéra Bastille (, "Bastille Opera House") is a modern opera house in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, France. Inaugurated in 1989 as part of President François Mitterrand's '' Grands Travaux'', it became the main facility of the Paris N ...

in Paris since 1984. Since 1982, Pierre Gillet has been a member of the "Ensemble de trompettes de Paris"Ensemble de Trompettes de Paris
on BnF (Eutepé). With other musicians he founded the "Orchestre de Cuivres de Paris" and is its director. He is a member of the Ars Nova and Septentrion ensembles (brass quintet with piano and percussion).

References

External links

Website of the EuTePe. Ensemble de Trompettes de Paris

Website of the Orchestre de Cuivres de Paris

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